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A Chinese export red and gilt lacquer tea chest, 19th century
Decorated with Oriental courtly figures in a landscape of foliage and pagodas and bordered by dragons, with a rectangular hinged top enclosing four zinc containers with covers, the sides fitted with carrying handles, on a modern stand, with chamfered square legs and pierced spandrels
the chest -- 15in. (38cm.) wide
Decorated with Oriental courtly figures in a landscape of foliage and pagodas and bordered by dragons, with a rectangular hinged top enclosing four zinc containers with covers, the sides fitted with carrying handles, on a modern stand, with chamfered square legs and pierced spandrels
the chest -- 15in. (38cm.) wide